Cops: Driver in stolen SUV arrested after wrong-way pursuit

An unidentified man who led Suffolk County Fifth Precinct police officers on a wrong-way pursuit on Sunrise Highway in East Patchogue Wednesday, April 16, 2014, was found and arrested in Bohemia about 45 minutes after the chase was terminated because of safety reasons, police said. Photo Credit: Stringer News Service

An unidentified man who led Suffolk County Fifth Precinct police officers on a wrong-way pursuit on Sunrise Highway in East Patchogue Wednesday, April 16, 2014, was found and arrested in Bohemia about 45 minutes after the chase was terminated because of safety reasons, police said. (Credit: Stringer News Service)

A man who led Suffolk police officers on a wrong-way pursuit on Sunrise Highway in the East Patchogue area was arrested Wednesday in Bohemia after the chase was terminated twice due to safety reasons, police said.

The stolen Jeep Grand Cherokee was found abandoned in Bohemia, police said, and officers from canine units were able to track Robert Noon III, 39, to a home on 13th Street in Bohemia,...

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A man who led Suffolk police officers on a wrong-way pursuit on Sunrise Highway in the East Patchogue area was arrested Wednesday in Bohemia after the chase was terminated twice due to safety reasons, police said.

The stolen Jeep Grand Cherokee was found abandoned in Bohemia, police said, and officers from canine units were able to track Robert Noon III, 39, to a home on 13th Street in Bohemia, police said.

The Jeep was reported stolen Tuesday from Yaphank, and the chase started when Fifth Precinct Police Officer Jason Keenan saw Noon driving the vehicle on Main Street in Patchogue about 1 a.m., police said.

The officer tried to pull over the Jeep, but Noon fled, driving east into westbound Sunrise Highway at Route 112, police said. A short time later, he made a U-turn on the highway and went west in the eastbound lanes, police said.

Officers halted their pursuit, but Noon was spotted again on local streets and a second pursuit started, Fifth Precinct detectives said.